Hand-book of Volapük/1.10
EXERCISE 10
[edit]| Nelijapük, English language. | Flentapük, French language. |
| Nelijel, Englishman. | Flentel, Frenchman. |
| Sikod, therefore. |
Tidel obik tidom pulis lul. Kim binom tidel ola ? Tidel obsik labom julelis telsefol. Pük obas binom nelijapük. Fat obik labom sonis kil e jisonis tel; sikod labob blodis tel e jiblodis tel. Binols cils lul. Fat obsik löfom cilis omik. Mot obsik löfof cilis ofa. Fat e mot obsik löfoms cilis omsik.
My teacher reads a book. Your father has four dogs. Who is YOUR teacher ? Our teacher is a Frenchman. Our father and mother love their children. Who is our father ? Our father is the husband of our mother. Your father and my mother are friends. My teacher's language [language of teacher mine] is French [French language]. Your teacher reads my books.
DEMONSTRATIVS =
[edit]The demonstrativ pronouns, which are used as adjectivs, and also by themselvs, are the following :
| at, | et, | it, | ot, | ut; | som. | |
| Emphatic forms, | ät, | eit, | iet, | öt, | üt; | söm. |
At, this; man at, this man; buks at, these books; del ät, this very day.
Et, that; pul et, that boy ; jipuls eit, those very girls.
It, -self, man it, the man himself ; vom it, the woman herself; ob it, I myself; obs iet, we, our own selves.
Ot, same; tidel ot, the same teacher, tid öt, just the same instruction.
Ut, that, before a relativ; man ut, kel vilom binön libik, that man (or the man) who wishes to be free.
Som, such; dog som, such a dog; kats söm, just such cats.
The emphatic forms are rarely used and may be dispenst with altogether.